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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-1994/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2013",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 28th July 1994\nLaid before Parliament 5th August 1994\nComing into force 26th August 1994\nThe Secretary of State, after consulting the persons referred to in section 22(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979and in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 21(1)(a) of that Act and by sections 33 and 53 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 12."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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